Research suggests that those with dyslexia experience ________________ of the left temporal cortex and therefore, neural activation is spreading too weakly through the primary reading areas of the brain.

hypoactivation

________________ dyslexia is caused by biological abnormalities.

Developmental

Verbal behavior is ______________, which means the left hemisphere is doninant (in most people).

lateralized

__________ areas are one method of referring to specific brain regions

Brodman

A stroke-

CVA [CerebroVascular Accident]

True/false: A stroke is immediately evident

False; may take up to 24 hours

True/false: most communication is verbal

False; 80% is Non-verbal

Broca's Area: ________ ; Wernicke's Area: _______

Production; Comprehension

Speech is lateralized. The left hemisphere analyzes ______; The right hemisphere analyzes ______

sequences; space, geometric forms & Prosody (speech emphasis)

This connects Broca's and Wernicke's areas:

Arcuate Fisciculus

a disturbance in the comprehension or production of speech.

aphasia

involved in articulation:

insula

language shapes thought:

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

In those with bilingualism, the brain shows...

denser grey matter in Left hemisphere

social syntax for speech:

pragmatics

a treatment for stuttering

singing

stuttering: men are 3X more likely; faulty auditory feedback means..

lack of temporal lobe activity

a neurological condition characterized by the inability of a person to properly convey or interpret emotional prosody.

aprosodia

2 types of dyslexia :

Acquired (injury); Developmental (genetic) dyslexia

Reading and spelling issues that are disproportionate to other cognitive functions: